#DDEC9D#DDEC9D

#DDEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.102 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC9D
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -17.32, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 40.59, 115.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0468 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.102 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.9000, 77.7978, 43.4366)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC9D #AC9DEC

analogous

#ECD39D #DDEC9D #B6EC9D

triadic

#DDEC9D #9DDDEC #EC9DDD

tetradic

#DDEC9D #9DECD3 #AC9DEC #EC9DB6

square

#DDEC9D #9DECD3 #AC9DEC #EC9DB6

split-complementary

#DDEC9D #9DB6EC #D39DEC

monochromatic

#B9D836 #CBE26A #DDEC9D #EFF6D0 #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#DDEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC9D

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC9D	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.102 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2ba',
    500: '#ddec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec9d;
$custom-light: #e8f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.392,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91361,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC9D

secondary

#7865C8

accent

#16CF39

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC9D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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